Legal Filings

On the 4th, we filed three legal documents with
the Court as scheduled.

1.We filed additional arguments against the Court honoring UCŐs
petition for a demurrer. The Demurrer decision is the key to our entry into the
court system. UC is basically asking us to prove our case to prevent the Judge
from issuing the Demurrer. We re arguing that we have shown enough facts that
our case should be heard. We have provided additional facts supporting denial
of the Demurrer. We are also arguing that some of UCŐs cited precedents didnŐt
support their conclusions. All told, I believe this filing is considerably
stronger than our precious filings.

2.We filed arguments against the Judge taking Judicial Notice of
a set of documents that UC provided him. Judicial Notice is a legal term that
refers to a rule of evidence allowing a well-known, irrefutable fact to be
introduced into evidence, which a judge may allow in the absence of any
supporting testimony. On example fact UC would like to have noticed is the
requirement in the LLNL management RFP that the new manager provide medical
benefits for previous retirees, We are arguing, as I have often stated, the
requirement has no relationship to UCŐs commitment to provide retiree medical
benefits. To understand which documents we are objecting to, you have to read
UCŐs request for Judicial Notice.

3.Judicial Notice is a two way street, so we filed a request for
Judicial Notice of some information on RegentŐs early activities with regard to
medical benefits that we received under the California Public Records Act.

Legal Situation

To the best of my memory, the above filings represent the
first time anything has happened as scheduled in our case. If the pattern
repeats, UC will file their rejoinder(s) on the 27th of April and
the hearing on the Demurrer will occur on May 5th.

Web Site

The three filings mentioned above have been added to the
Legal Filings list in the Information Archive on the web bsite,